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Principal Engineer, Autonomy Evaluation

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Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Mon, Nov 09, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Owning the evaluation of autonomous driving systems, the full-time remote Principal Engineer, Autonomy Evaluation will set technical direction, invent new evaluation methods, and mentor engineers while ensuring scientific rigor in assessments of driving behavior and subsystem performance.

Key responsibilities
  • Set the multi-year technical direction for evaluating autonomous driving behavior and subsystems
  • Invent and implement new methods for assessing driving quality and identifying failure modes
  • Turn evaluation results into actionable recommendations for engineering and leadership teams
Required qualifications
  • 10+ years of experience in autonomous systems, robotics, ML evaluation, or applied data science
  • Proven track record of creating and implementing new evaluation methods adopted beyond the team
  • Deep experience in designing statistically sound evaluations of dynamic systems
  • Strong production skills in Python and SQL, including testing and code review
  • Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Engineering, Machine Learning, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field

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